Term : David Sweanor

David Sweanor is adjunct professor of law at the University of Ottawa, Canada.

He spent much of his working life in the front lines of the fight against smoking. He has been involved in development of world-leading tobacco control initiatives in Canada since the 1980s and is a globally recognized expert on tobacco and public health issues.

He thinks e-cigarettes could be one of the biggest breakthroughs ever in public health — an unfashionable view in many anti-smoking circles.